Journalism at Point Park University

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what Point Park University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,591.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Point Park Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

Point Park Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Point Park is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Journalism Student Demographics at Point Park

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Point Park University.

Point Park Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Point Park since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at Point Park are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Point Park University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Point Park Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a journalism master's degree from Point Park, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Point Park University with a master's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Journalism

Journalism majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Point Park University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Journalism	11
Broadcast Journalism	5
Photojournalism	2

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Point Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Editors	3,020	$62,870
Photographers	1,740	$34,790
Writers and Authors	1,400	$60,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,330	$39,600
Communications Professors	1,280	$76,720

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.